#Black ish season 2 epusode 10 series
"God" is a solid episode for Dre and Zoey in particular, as the typical push and pull of their relationship is pretty much the most reliable element of the series - besides Tracee Ellis Ross, of course. Zoey's explanation that her higher power is her parents also shows that this entire situation isn't just some shallow decision she makes to be like her pretentious uncle Johan (played by Hamilton's Daveed Diggs, who " came from afar just to say 'Bonsoir!'). This kind of understanding and compromise is what makes Black-ish such a great family sitcom. Dre remains an absolutely ridiculous and over-the-top character, but when Black-ish reins him in, it works.ĭespite not being the season premiere, "God" is the perfect reintroduction to the world of Black-ish in this way. He may make a lot of misguided attempts to guide Zoey back to fait, but over the course of the episode, it becomes clear he's not really asking for Zoey to believe the way he and Ruby believe. Dre's attempts to re-convert Zoey with sneak attack prayers and de-whitening the house are surface-level solutions to a deeper quandary. While Diane (Marsai Martin) may be the more obvious choice for a crisis of faith, given her terrified-of-everything being, it makes just as much sense for this episode's choice of the more rational Zoey (Yara Shahidi) to question the reality of God.ĭre isn't asking Zoey for an unquestioning belief in God, no matter what Ruby would prefer. That's what makes the general concept of this episode - the idea of anyone in the family questioning the idea of God - work right off the bat. But it's an established aspect of this family that they run on the spectrum of belief, from "black Jesus"-fearing Ruby or the hippie-bred Rainbow. Last season's "Churched" episode brought more reality to how the Johnson family attempts to mix socialization with religion. This show's depiction of religion usually centers on Ruby (Jenifer Lewis), Dre's (Anthony Anderson) vocally religious mother Religion has always been a complicated matter for the Johnsons, and even Ruby can be quite hypocritical about faith.
That's not to say that Black-ish is a particularly religious show, but the series has always made the Johnson family's religious beliefs abundantly clear - as is evident in Wednesday's episode, "God." As far as specifically "black" topics go for Black-ish, religion is a well that's pretty impossible to drain.
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